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8 Formatting
Paragraphs by Using
Style Sheets
In this chapter, you will learn how to
4 Indent paragraphs.
4 Apply a border to a paragraph.
4 Specify the horizontal alignment of a paragraph.
4 Specify vertical space within a paragraph.
In Chapter 7, “Formatting Text by Using Style Sheets,” you learned how to use style rules
to apply character formatting, including font style, size, and color. Now you can go a step
further and apply those concepts to paragraph formatting.
Paragraph formatting refers to the layout of entire paragraphs, not the placement or
spacing of individual characters. For example, a paragraph can be double-spaced, but
an individual character cannot. You saw some style-based paragraph formatting in
Chapter 4, “Using Lists and Backgrounds,” when you applied bullet characters and numbering
styles. Later, in Chapter 6, “Introduction to Style Sheets,” you worked with several
ordered and unordered list items. The same principles apply when formatting other types
of paragraphs.
In this chapter, you’ll learn how to control indentation and spacing around a paragraph,
and how to specify a paragraph’s alignment. You’ll also learn how to set the line height
for a paragraph (that is, the space between lines of text) and how to place and format a
border around a paragraph.
See Also Do you need only a quick refresher on the topics in this chapter? See the Key Points at
the end of this chapter.
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